Page 95 of His Surrogate Omega

Still the tension surrounding them was thick, and he didn’t quite understand it. The last couple of weeks—as they’d waited for treatments to begin—both Gray and Rohan had seemed to be avoiding one another. Rohan left for the office just before Gray arrived. Gray left moments before Rohan returned home, as if on cue. The new nurses, Jefre and Serge—who he had originally hated the idea of—were wonderful and made sure he was never alone.

And never a burden on the men he loved.

The time passed slowly with the both of them silent. He rested back into his recliner, ready to take a nap, when a familiar face appeared in his sight.

Wilder.

His brother made his way across the room. He caught a glimpse of Gray and Rohan and almost looked like he reconsidered his trek, but came nonetheless. When he stopped before them, he reached out and took Jamie’s hand.

“How’s it going?” Wilder asked with a slight smile.

“It’s going as well as can be expected, I suppose,” Jamie answered.

Wilder looked around, his stare finally falling on Gray. “I didn’t expect a full house when I got here.”

“I can leave and give you some time with your brother,” Gray murmured.

“No,” Jamie said, squeezing Gray’s hand. He wouldn’t let Gray be pushed aside. Not even for his favorite brother. He looked back up at Wilder. “Grab a chair. We’ll have a little party.”

“I don’t want to be in the way,” Wilder said, backing up. “I just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you today.”

“You came all this way to see me,” Jamie said, holding both Rohan’s and Gray’s hands in his tightly. “You should stay for a bit. Let us catch up.”

Wilder looked uncomfortable, but ultimately didn’t argue. He stole a chair from one of the empty recliners and slid in closer to Rohan’s side of the chair.

“I don’t think you had a proper introduction to my friend Gray,” Jamie said once Wilder was seated.

Wilder’s stare flickered to his and then to Gray before sliding back. “No. I didn’t,” he answered coolly. His jaws set some afterwards.

“Youwon’tdisrespect Gray,” Jamie said. “I love him almost as much as I do you. So I won’t have it.”

“Tell me how you really feel,” Wilder murmured.

“Look… I don’t know how much time I have left. I won’t waste one minute of it. Either you accept the choices I’ve made and let it all go, or you can leave.”

Wilder’s eyes widened some before he gave Gray a little more than a cursory glance. “It’s nice to finally meet you, Gray.”

“Nice to meet you, too,” Gray murmured.

“We have Gray to thank for convincing your brother to go back into treatment,” Rohan said to Wilder.

Wilder’s stare went to Jamie. “You weren’t going to go into treatment?”

“No. I wasn’t. But Gray reminded me I have a baby to meet soon. And I need to last until at least then.”

“Then my whole family owes you thanks,” Wilder said to Gray, with only a tiniest hint of rancor in his tone.

“The whole family? I doubt it,” Jamie said. “It’s not as if I’ve seen papa since the row.”

“You did tell us you didn’t want to see us again,” Wilder admitted.

“You had no problem ignoring me,” Jamie said.

“No, but then, I knew you didn’t mean me.” He smiled. “You love me too much for that.”

Jamie grinned. “MaybeI do.”

Wilder leaned back in his chair. “I could ask papa if they plan to come see you.”

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